I am a gun noobie, even though I'm 71, my experience is with Remington 1100 shotguns as a young man pheasant hunting in Iowa, and 22 rifles on our acreage to rid the barns and land of raccoons, possums, ground hogs, and the occasional skunk.
My wife got her cc permit and we just bought her a S&W MP22 standard pistol 2 weeks ago that we are learning with, and like it and are looking for something bigger.
We have horses on our property and 6-7 years ago a mare broke her leg on July 4th, we were unable to contact our vet (phone service problems on their end) and our neighbor brought his 45 ACP 1911 pistol and put her down for us.
I would like to have a pistol to have in case this emergency happens again, and we like shooting, and wonder what recommendations folks on BITOG have for this purpose. The salesman who sold us the 22 said he liked 9mm but our son in law who is an experience gun owner and hunter in Alabama said not enough power given his experience. Our neighbor who helped us before with our mare said a 357 or 45 is his recommendation and in Iowa a 357 is allowed for deer hunting.
Any recommendations and help in this area would be appreciated. I'd envision using this as another "tool" to have in my "tool box" for that emergency contingency, as well as shooting, and I'm looking as getting my ccp soon and will probably be getting other guns for that purpose and to target shoot, which we find we like.
Thanks in advance. Bill
My wife got her cc permit and we just bought her a S&W MP22 standard pistol 2 weeks ago that we are learning with, and like it and are looking for something bigger.
We have horses on our property and 6-7 years ago a mare broke her leg on July 4th, we were unable to contact our vet (phone service problems on their end) and our neighbor brought his 45 ACP 1911 pistol and put her down for us.
I would like to have a pistol to have in case this emergency happens again, and we like shooting, and wonder what recommendations folks on BITOG have for this purpose. The salesman who sold us the 22 said he liked 9mm but our son in law who is an experience gun owner and hunter in Alabama said not enough power given his experience. Our neighbor who helped us before with our mare said a 357 or 45 is his recommendation and in Iowa a 357 is allowed for deer hunting.
Any recommendations and help in this area would be appreciated. I'd envision using this as another "tool" to have in my "tool box" for that emergency contingency, as well as shooting, and I'm looking as getting my ccp soon and will probably be getting other guns for that purpose and to target shoot, which we find we like.
Thanks in advance. Bill